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(PHOTO: Kevin Estevez (left), Ricky Denti and Skyler Sparks at a bait and tackle shop at the Jupiter Park Pier.)

These are pier rats, not mall rats — known for lounging and canoodling on a sand bar accessible only by water and within the gaze of the iconic sunburnt Jupiter Lighthouse. They are obsessed about the newest fishing lures rather than video games, music or sports.

“They are more fish than boy,” said Marvin Steiding, a charter boat captain at the Jupiter Inlet Marina who knows the type well.

“These boys grow up around the ocean. When they aren’t in school, they are on the water.”

Steiding calls it “good clean fun.” It’s a fairytale upbringing, a bit of sun-drenched innocence where boys forge fast friendships and families grow closer — all around the hook, leader and pole.

This is where the glitz of the South Florida metropolis fades. You don’t see many yachts at the marinas. Oh, there’s money here to be sure. Children, like Stephanos, go to private schools and have their own boats.